writing-tips – Karen Herbert

Five Senses

In April, the Book Length Project Group meeting explored our five senses: When we write, we want to engage the reader, immerse them in the story we are telling. We want them to forget they are reading. To do that, we can show them what a character sees and hears, but also what they canContinue reading “Five Senses”

Miracles

How do you structure a manuscript of 80,000 – 100,000 words? This was the question the Book Length Project Group asked on a warm Sunday morning last month. It reminds me of this picture I stuck on my office wall when I was writing my honours thesis. Miracles aside, there are lots (and lots andContinue reading “Miracles”